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w. a. census. CONVERTIBLE AUTOMOBiLE BODV. APPLICATION H-LEB FEB. 28, Iflll.

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WI TNQSES r W. H. DOUGLAS.

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APPLICATION 'HHD FEB. 26. "I8- Patented Oct. 14, 1919.

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A TTORIWFVS WITNESSES W. H. DOUGLAS.

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w. a. nqueus. CONVERHBLE AUTOMOBILE BUDY. APTLICATION FILED FEB. 25' 918.

' Patented Oct. 14, 1919.

V 4 flirts-SHEET 4v I l r 4 v 4 I 1 lug L M an iilarg'z d rrcwni-rfion. of. tho oongiF-fi onifiliilo hod \r-il'lri-lio winchar in oor atono sidr raised andtho windon' in fie door at. the. other side. low orody 45 Wig, 5 is 'an' onlargrd side. olorntion of .liig. G is an on and ex renienliy. convertingxhe body from iiidoiwid space 1 H of tho 'saliio UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

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To all whom it may comoi n 1' 7 Be it.known that L'WILLIALLH. DOUGLAS, a citizen of the United States, and a resileili llg, in the county of Essex 7 he. invented a h; Ailtomobilorig a full. clear,

ct dosfbription. n V The lni'l lll-illl'ljfqlltiies to anlgomohile bodies haying a permanent top, and its object is to provido a new and improved oon ve'fiible antolnobile'body arranged to permit of con a closed one to zrwopen one or vice Yl'sfi. Another object is. to increase the inside width of the anto nobilk i withonti incroasing the outi hm iding more V H 7 mi iira'ntoniohihbodies this type; Another objoot is to [x'rmiflof conveniently f aking; out the rear windnws,.whenevor it is desirrd to do so. \Vith thosoand othor ohjocis in yiow. the invention consists of .oortain novel features of eimstructimnas hereinafter shown and dosv-rilu'd nndthon specifically pointed out in the claims. v

A 'praotiral oinl'aodimrnhof the invention is relprmal ntod in lho auoompnn iiing draw:

which similar nlnn'iwtors 0i. rot'oronce indn rate.'corres mmlino' mrts in ll the views.

Figure. 1 is 2% side adoration of tho ronrortihlo anlomohilo hody with tho parts in position lo provide a closed automobile body; Fig. 2 is a. similar viow'of the snore with tho parts'in position to provido an opon ,aniomohilr body; I

Fig. 3 is an onhn'gmiSectional plan view on" tho lino El 3 of Fig. l

of i itllo einworjlji 1 another porisjn sg V 7 iohflv 'hody the iion of .the ,oon or ii Specification at Leiters Patent.

.dow 11: which when raised to extondsot lis n per ond onhoth thrinnor and ontrr indicated or Flgs.

11mm nn'romomm-nozoar. 1

. Patented oer. 14, 1919.

'A nmim'i fled February 26, 1915. Serial m. 219,235.

Fig. 8 is a sectional plan view of the same on the line 8-8 of Fig. 7:

Fig. 9 an enlarged side elevation of one of the upper pillar sections; and

Fig. 10 is a perspective \iew of one of the guideivaya for a door window or a rear window to slideiri.

The automobile body 10 is provided with the usual raised hark ll-snpporting therear oml of a ermanent top 1;! supported at the front by inks 13 from the front end of (he bod) 10. Each side of the bod). 10 is pro rided with a main door 14 and a front door 15. of ,whirh ihe main door 14 is provided with a-porkei 16 for the reception of a who ltsgfll ll height into a retaining groove-1S former on the under side of the corrrspondingside rail 19 of the top 12 (see Figs. -l andl). Raising and lowering nna-lr anismQO of any npprovrd construction is monnlrdon the main door 1! and is connoriod with the windon- 17 to raise or lower lilo l'altor to suit the convenience of the ow mpant of lilo antr'nnohilo body. As the speoial constl'llriiun of this raising and lowering dri ico 20 forms no part of this invention further dolnilvd drsrription of the same is not doomed norossar Tho right-hand side of om'll main door l-l is providrd with a door stile 2.3 (see Fig. 3) mado of channel iron and having onhvardly oxtonding hingr members: -36 amo -rod b pinilos :37 with hingo momhrrs a pillar or post 19. likewise nnidr of channol iron. and attarhedluy srron's or ullni' fasloning moans ill) tolln hod I. as plainly shown in Fig. S. into the channrl M of tho door silk his a metal guideway 32 pro- \'.idrd ai'tho. top and bottom with sidowiso extending [hinges 33 l'astvnod hy srrows 34 to rh top and bottom of [ho door stih- 2.3. The gnidriray 32 is prm'idrd with a linin 3.3 of i'rll. rlol-h or other snitahlo nndoria and covering the hack as n'rll as tho sidm fares, as plainly S and 10. In this guiden'ay 3;. is titled to slidr up and down the metallic right-halal slilo 40 of lilavhirh has ils loft-hand stilo ll mountod to slid! in aj-silnil-ar gnidmvay l2 atlnrhod to the ioft-hnnd door stile 4-3 of the door 14. as hown in Fig. ;l. The door stilo 43 lits onto the right-hand side of the forward (hr window a umen is prevented, and by extending the lining 35 to the outer faces of the sides of the guideway 32, a snug fit of the latter is bad in the channel 31 of the door stile 25.

The window stiles 4c and 41 when movmg the window 17 up or down engage guideways 50 and 51 formed on the u per illars or posts 5:; and 53, of which t e pi ar 52 forms an extension ofthe pillar 29 and is made r shaped in cross section, as plamlir indicated in the left upper corner of Fig. The upper end of the pillar 52 entends normally under the top rail 19 and 1s provlded with an upwardly extending arm 5-1 connected with a pivot 55 mounted on a lug 56 projecting centrally from a flange 57 rovided with a pivot 58 disposed at a r1 ght angle to the pivot 55 (see Fig. 6). The plvot .58 is mounted to turn in a bearing 59 at tached to the inner face of the'top rail 19'.

By the arrangement described, the illar 52 can be swung inward by turning on t e pivot 55 and then swun upward to fold against the inner face of the rail 19, it being understood that during the upward swinging movement the pivot 58 turns in its hearing 59. The lower end of the u per p llar 52 is provided with a flange 60 ttmg into a recess late 62 attached to the body 10 adjacent tli e inner side of the pillar 29, and this flange is fastened by a screw 61 m tion on the body thus practically provldl a continuous guldeway for the stile 40 of the window 17 in the pillars 29 and 52. The front pillar 51 is ivoted at 65 to the upper end of the fixed pillar 4:4 to permit of swinging the said pillar 51 transversely in a downward direction and onto the topof the usual transverse back 66 of the front seat (see dotted lines in Fig. 4). It is understood that the back 66 is provided with the usual window 67 adapted to be raised or lowered by at raising or lowering device 68 similar to the devices :50 previously mentioned, but the pillars .31 are swun downward onto the top of the back (30 only at the time this window ii; is in lowered position. From the foregoing it will be seen that when it is desired to use the automobile body as a closed one then the pillars .32 and 53 are in active vertical positions to provide guideways for the raised window 17. \Vhen the body is to be converted into an open body then the screw 61 is ,removed from the plate 62 to allow of swinging the pillar into folded sition against the side of the rail 19 while t 6 other pillarol is swung transversely downward onto the top of the back 66 of the front seat.

The channel 70 formed in the left-hand side of the fixed pillar '29 is adapted to be engaged by a corrcslxinding projection 71 formed on the door stile 25 to insure a tight joint thus securely holding the door in position when closed. The right hand side of the pillar 29 has a channel 75into which extends a guideway 76 similar to the guideway and likewise provided at the top and bottom with flanges 77 fastened by screws 7 8 to the top and bottom of the pillar 29. In

this guidcway 76' is mounted to slide up and down the left-hand stile 80 of a rear window 81 having its right-hand stile 82 mounted to slide up and down in a similar guideway 83 attached to the )illar 84 extending the entire height of t c bod from the bottom thereof to the top rail 9. The window 81 is adapted to be raised or lowered by a suitable raising or lowering device 85 similar to the devices 20, so that further dcscri :tion of the same is not deemed necessary. he lefthand window stile 80 when moving into uppermost position is guided on a guideway 86 formed on the right-hand side of the upper pillar 52 previously mentioned so that the latter serves as a guideway for the stile 40 of the'window 17'as well as the guidowa for the stile 80 of the rear window 81. 1: will be noticed that when the upper iliars 52 and 58 arin folded position and t to antomobile bod is thus converted into an open one, it is still permissible for the, occupants to raise the windows. 17 and 81 a desired distance above t belt of the body, as indicated, for instaince, in dotted lines in Fi 2, which shows the rear window 81 purify raised. It will further be noticed that by ng the arrangement described the driver of the automobile can quickly and conveniently convert the automobile body from an open one to a. cldsed one or vice verso.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:-

1. In an automobile body, a door, a door pillar on whichthe said door is mounted to swing, the said pillar havin r a rabbot in the side adiacent thedoor and t c said door having sties, of which one is provided at the outer side with a tongue adapted to engage the said rabbet at the time the door is closed,

guideways attached to the said 'door and extcndin' along theinncr sides of the stiles, and a cor window having a frame slidahly engaging the said 'guideways.

2. In an automobile body, a door having stiles, of which one is formed of channel iron and is provided with integral hinge mem; bers, guldeways attached to the inner sides of the said door stiles, a window slidable in the sold guideways, and a door pillar formed hinge members and pintles connecting the said-hinge members of the door and pillar wi h one 1 other.

v of channel iron and provided with integral amuse V v 3 a longitudinal channel, a door hinged to the lower rear pillar section, and a sash mounted l to slide up and down in the door the rear stile of the door being providecl with a projection engaging the channel of the rear pillar section. r

v WILLIAM H. DOUGLAS. 

